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Drawing provides opportunities for children to communicate their thoughts even when they do not have the vocabulary or the English proficiency to fully explain their ideas. This practical guide presents foundational information on the role of drawing in vocabulary development. The authors describe a research-based intervention designed to support and expand young multilingual learners' experiences with content area vocabulary. They provide teaching examples from several content area investigations carried out in Head Start contexts serving multilingual students. These vignettes, accompanied by student work samples and excerpts of dialogue, will help early childhood educators effectively integrate this pedagogical approach into their classrooms. The user-friendly text includes curriculum support materials such as lesson-planning templates and lists of recommended children's literature and media. "Guided Drawing With Multilingual Preschoolers" shows teachers how to use guided drawing in conjunction with established practices to help all young students develop language and content knowledge, particularly in science. This book features: (1) An innovative pedagogical intervention that was created by the authors to use in Head Start classrooms; (2) An actionable approach to teaching content area vocabulary in the classroom that works with young multilingual learners; (3) Tables with quick summaries of developmental milestones and teaching points; (4) Guidance for early educators who understand the importance of building word and world knowledge in authentic ways while children are learning English; (5) Teaching examples that highlight language-rich interactions and strategies for supporting multilingual learners; and (6) Curriculum connections to culturally relevant children's literature, media, and high-quality informational texts.

This reader-friendly text examines the key foundational studies in early literacy. It addresses such essential questions as how research informs current practices and where the field still needs to go to provide the best learning opportunities for all children. Each chapter describes the methods and findings of one to five seminal studies, critically assesses their long-term impact on practice and policy, and offers takeaways for the classroom. Leading authorities--including several authors of the original pivotal studies--cover 12 essential aspects of language development, literacy development, and home and community literacy experiences in PreK-2. Following an introduction from the editors and a foreword by Joanne Knapp-Philo, chapters include: (1) Now You're Talking: Vocabulary Development in the Home Context (Lillian R. Masek, Molly E. Scott, Rebecca Dore, Rufan Luo, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff); (2) Pivotal Theory and Research Affecting Emergent Bilingual Children's Language and Literacy Achievement (Theresa A. Roberts); (3) Writing in the Early Years (Judith A. Schickedanz); (4) Reconceptualizing Alphabet Learning and Instruction (Marcia Invernizzi and Jordan Buckrop); (5) A Close and Careful Look at Phonological Awareness (Christina M. Cassano); (6) The Role of Word Recognition in Beginning Reading: Getting the Words off the Page (Ruth M. Wharton-McDonald); (7) Engagement, Motivation, Self-Regulation, and Literacy Development in Early Childhood (Alisa Hindin); (8) Starting Them Young: How the Shift from Reading Readiness to Emergent Literacy Has Influenced Preschool Literacy Education (William H. Teale, Emily Brown Hoffman, Colleen E. Whittingham, and Kathleen A. Paciga); (9) Pivotal Research in Storybook Reading (Molly F. Collins); (10) The Impact of Pivotal Research on the Role of Play in Early Literacy Development (Muriel K. Rand and Lesley Mandel Morrow); (11) Family Literacy: Is It Really All About Storybook Reading? (Susan M. Dougherty and Jeanne R. Paratore); and (12) Enhancing Children's Access to Print (Susan B. Neuman and Donna Celano). An afterword, "Pivotal Research in Early Literacy: Lessons Learned and a Call to Action" by Heidi Anne E. Mesmer and Melissa Rose-McCully concludes the book. An index is included.